Like many other astronomy enthusiasts, I also recommend investing on a pair of binoculars first before buying a telescope. Any pair of 7 × 50 or 10 × 50 binoculars should be more than adequate for exploring the night sky particularly the Milky Way.

Early this year, I have acquired a Pentax 10 × 50 SP WP. I have been testing it for more than 8 months now, and I am very much pleased with its built quality and more importantly, the optical quality of the lenses. In future posts, I’ll be sharing some of the insights I gained in the process of choosing this pair, such as the features and specifications I’d recommended for a pair that will be used for astronomical observations.

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Telescopes and other imaging equipment must be handled with extreme care. They must be protected not only from moisture but also from shocks that may lead to misalignment of lenses. Below are the hard cases I use in moving my telescope and its accessories, especially when travelling to remote observing sites.

How do you protect your equipment? Share a link to photos of your equipment cases in the comments section below :)

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The UP NISMED Observatory in UP Diliman, Quezon City, houses one of the country’s most powerful and most modern telescopes. Its main telescope is a 40 cm (16 in) reflecting telescope, equipped with accessories which include a 20 cm (8 in) refractor guidescope, an 8×50 finderscope, and a fully-automated, motor-driven mount.

Stargazing activities are conducted at the UP NISMED Observatory during months of January, February, and March each year.

This is the first of a series of posts about the various astronomical observatories in the Philippines.

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Manila Science High School celebrates Science Month with the Manila Street Astronomers on September 16, 2016. The event was open for all students, parents/guardians, teachers, and alumni of the Manila Science High School.

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Supermoon observation on November 14, 2016, from Manila, Philippines. The moon image was taken using a Sky-Watcher 4-in f/9 telescope and a Sony Xperia Z5 mobile phone camera.

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I had a chance to view a simulated night sky in National Museum Planetarium’s mobile planetarium on August 13, 2016. The planetarium is about 5 meters high (from floor to dome ceiling). It uses a fish eye lens mounted onto an LCD projector to display images of the sky.

Here are some photos taken during the virtual sky tour.

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